Free Lecture: Ethnobotany of Deering Estate

Thursday, 11/11/2010

Archeology Society of Southern Florida
2nd Thursday of the month (Seasonal: September 2010 through June 2011)
The A.S.S.F. Board meeting begins at 6:30 pm; Lecture begins at 7:00 pm for the public.
Free to the public

In partnership with the Archaeological Society of Southern Florida, a non-profit, volunteer organization which acts as a support mechanism for the office of the Miami-Dade County Archaeologist, the Deering Estate at Cutler presents a monthly lecture highlighting unique and interesting connections to our past. This serves as a focal point for local archaeology enthusiasts and professionals in the field, and helps to promote knowledge and appreciation of native archaeological and historical sites in the South Florida area.

Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Visitor Center Auditorium
Topic: Ethnobotany of the Deering Estate
Presenter: Ernest Lent, Senior Naturalist at the Deering Estate

Ernest Lent is the Senior Naturalist at the Deering Estate. He graduated with a degree in History from Florida Atlantic University in 1973. He has worked in Everglades National Park as a naturalist at Shark Valley and has been a naturalist with Miami-Dade Parks at the Deering Estate for more than ten years.

Mr. Lent is the lead naturalist in the EcoAdventure programming at the Estate and helped devise the canoeing programs, both the Moonlight Canoe Tour as well as the morning Chicken Key tour. He is instrumental in the Deering training program and has written training documents about the Tequesta Indians, the Hardwood Hammock, Prohibition, and the Second Seminole War among many others.